1926 – Robert Goddard conducted his first successful launch of a liquid-fueled rocket in Auburn, Massachusetts.
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/about/dr_goddard.html
1999 – Sony released Everquest the Massively multiplayer 3D world where you could play as a wizard, rogue or knight. It followed two years after Ultima Online and would be followed several years later by World of Warcraft.
http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/everquest/
1999 – Mac OS X Server 1.0, the highly-anticipated precursor of OS X desktop version (code name Hera) was released.
http://osxbook.com/book/bonus/ancient/whatismacosx/history.html
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